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Reading Passage 1 - The growth of agriculture
Questions 1-7: Note completion
Complete the notes below. Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
Questions 8-13: True/False/Not Given
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? TRUE if the statement agrees with the information, FALSE if the statement contradicts the information, NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.
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The Romans adapted their own farming methods for use in Africa and Asia.
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The medieval open-field system increased food production by allowing European farmers to have crops growing continually in all their fields.
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European eating habits changed as a result of international exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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During the 18th century many European countries created their own versions of the seed drill.
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Selective breeding methods helped European farmers to produce more animals.
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Many farmers continued to use natural methods of fertilising their land, even after the development of chemical fertilisers.
Reading Passage 2 - Should space be explored by robots or by humans?
Questions 14-19: Matching headings
Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
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Paragraph A
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Paragraph B
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Paragraph C
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Paragraph D
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Paragraph E
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Paragraph F
Questions 20 and 21: Multiple choice (choose TWO)
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
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According to the writer, which TWO predictions about artificial intelligence have not yet been fulfilled?
- A. Robots will work independently of humans.
- B. Robots will begin to oppose human interests.
- C. Robots will be used to help humans perform tasks more efficiently.
- D. Robots will think in the same way as humans.
- E. Robots will become too costly to use on space missions.
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According to the writer, which TWO predictions about artificial intelligence have not yet been fulfilled?
Questions 22-26: Summary completion
Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Reading Passage 3 - Humanities and the Health Professional
Questions 27-31: Yes/No/Not Given
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3? YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer, NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer, NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
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An approach that incorporates the humanities is more important for some medical disciplines than others.
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Most people value medical expertise over sensitivity in their medical professionals.
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Most medical programmes devote little course time to developing interpersonal skills.
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It is more difficult to design a humanities course for health professionals than a medical one.
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It would be best if a medical programme included a course about the lives of medical professionals.
Questions 32-35: Multiple choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
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What unforeseen result did the Flexner report have?
- A. It caused the public to distrust the quality of medical education.
- B. It caused a dramatic increase in medical school applicants.
- C. It started a fierce debate over proper laboratory methods.
- D. It moved the focus of medical studies away from the humanities.
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The writer lists humanities activities at Dalhousie Medical School to show how these activities
- A. have become the most popular events on campus.
- B. widen students' educational experiences.
- C. are of as high a quality as medical ones
- D. have gained acceptance with teaching staff
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How do students at Dalhousie Medical School react to humanities activities?
- A. They have difficulty letting go of the mind-set that scientific knowledge is more legitimate.
- B. They report feeling that medical school has become more engaging and satisfying.
- C. They have started to transfer creative ideas to their scientific and laboratory studies.
- D. They have trouble connecting to talents they had valued before entering medical school.
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What is the writer's main conclusion?
- A. Greater emphasis on humanities in medical schools will benefit both patients and practitioners.
- B. Medical schools are not adequately preparing students to become balanced medical professionals.
- C. Creating a humanities programme in a medical school is an overwhelmingly difficult but necessary task.
- D. Medical schools should return to the early twentieth-century model of medical education
Questions 36-40: Sentence completion (matching endings)
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.
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Health professionals at a recent seminar discussed a need for educational institutions to ...............
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Most medical training programmes ...............
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The interpersonal and behavioural aspects of medical practice...............
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Dalhousie Medical School students and faculty...............
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Modern evidence-based practitioners ...............
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1. following
The answer is 'following' because the passage says prehistoric people spent their lives 'searching for food, following animal migrations and gathering wild plants.'
2. cereals
The answer is 'cereals' because the passage states, 'The earliest crop was most likely to have been rice, corn, or similar types of cereals.'
3. surplus
The answer is 'surplus' because the passage explains, 'Agriculture enabled people to produce a surplus of food which could be eaten when crops failed or swapped for other goods.'
4. civilizations / civilisations
The answer is 'civilizations' because the passage says, 'This development was so successful in some areas that cities emerged, and eventually civilisations arose.'
5. tools
The answer is 'tools' because the passage mentions, 'improved farming tools of bone, stone, bronze, and iron were developed.'
6. water
The answer is 'water' because the passage says, 'farmers in Mesopotamia developed simple irrigation systems. By channeling water from streams onto their fields...'
7. 2000
The answer is '2000' because the passage states, 'By 2,000 years ago much of the Earth's population was reliant on agriculture.'
8. FALSE
The answer is FALSE because the passage says the Romans 'adapted the best agricultural methods of the people they conquered,' not their own methods for use elsewhere.
9. FALSE
The answer is FALSE because the passage explains that in the open-field system, one field was left fallow, so not all fields had crops growing at the same time.
10. TRUE
The answer is TRUE because the passage says explorers brought back new crops like potatoes and maize, which 'became staple crops and an integral part of the European diet.'
11. NOT GIVEN
The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage only says seed drilling became widely practiced, but does not mention countries creating their own versions.
12. TRUE
The answer is TRUE because the passage says, 'By selectively breeding their livestock... farmers increased both the size of their herds and the productivity of their livestock.'
13. NOT GIVEN
The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage does not say whether many farmers continued to use natural fertilisers after chemical ones were developed.
14. vi
The answer is vi because Paragraph A gives an overview of the debate about humans versus robots in space, matching 'The debate over human involvement.'
15. iii
The answer is iii because Paragraph B discusses the unique abilities and usefulness of humans in space, matching 'The value of human flexibility.'
16. i
The answer is i because Paragraph C talks about the limits of artificial intelligence and the need for cooperation with humans, matching 'The limits of artificial intelligence.'
17. v
The answer is v because Paragraph D describes how human involvement can simplify and improve space missions, matching 'The benefits of human-machine collaboration.'
18. ix
The answer is ix because Paragraph E outlines the Mars Outposts approach and other ways robots and humans could work together, matching 'Future strategies for Mars exploration.'
19. viii
The answer is viii because Paragraph F discusses the idea that the ultimate goal is not just exploration but colonisation, matching 'The ultimate goal: colonisation.'
20. A
The answer is A because the passage says, 'forecasts of the complete substitution of workers by robots... are being revised,' showing robots do not yet work independently of humans. Option C is tempting but the passage says robots are used to help humans now, so it is not unfulfilled.
21. D
The answer is D because the passage says, 'The construction of machines simulating human logical reasoning moves towards ever more distant dates,' meaning robots do not yet think like humans. Option B is wrong because there is no mention of robots opposing humans.
22. infrastructure
The answer is 'infrastructure' because the passage says robotic stations would 'establish the infrastructure needed to prepare future landing sites for the exploration of Mars by humans.'
23. spaceships
The answer is 'spaceships' because the passage says robots could be controlled by humans 'located in spaceships which remain in orbit around the planet.'
24. communication
The answer is 'communication' because the passage says, 'the link time for communication between humans and robots would be far less than it would be from Earth.'
25. laboratories
The answer is 'laboratories' because the passage mentions space could be used to 'build automatic laboratories or set up industrial enterprises.'
26. colonisation
The answer is 'colonisation' because the passage says, 'the aim for humankind in the future will be not just the exploration of space, but its colonisation.'
27. NO
The answer is NO because the passage says all health professionals commented on the need for balance, not just some disciplines.
28. NO
The answer is NO because the passage says people want medical professionals with both excellent skills and personal qualities like sensitivity.
29. YES
The answer is YES because the passage says educational programs take the humanistic aspect for granted and do not allocate much time to it.
30. YES
The answer is YES because the passage says it is 'harder to design and teach such a course than one on anatomy, for example.'
31. NOT GIVEN
The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage does not mention including a course about the lives of medical professionals.
32. D
The answer is D because the passage says the Flexner Report led to a focus on medical sciences 'to the exclusion of the humanities, an imbalance never intended by Flexner.'
33. B
The answer is B because the passage lists humanities activities to show they 'provide some balance and broaden the life and learning of the student.'
34. B
The answer is B because the passage says students 'comment that the humanities has made medical school a more enjoyable and fulfilling experience.'
35. A
The answer is A because the writer concludes that increasing the balance of humanities 'will benefit both the healers and those who need to be healed.'
36. G
The answer is G because the passage says professionals discussed the need to 'achieve a balance between the humanities and the skills and technological expertise.'
37. G
The answer is G because the passage says most training focuses on skills and knowledge, not giving equal coverage to humanities.
38. B
The answer is B because the passage says the humanistic aspect is 'harder to define and measure than knowledge and competence.'
39. A
The answer is A because the passage says students and faculty 'come forward with ideas and activities that are more imaginative and exciting than we could have designed.'
40. C
The answer is C because the passage says it is 'very difficult to document' the benefits of humanities in this 'evidence-based era of medicine.'